Freedom township, Adams County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (94% naturalized citizens)
| Freedom township: | 1.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
69% of Freedom township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 13% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 498
- Northeast: 54
- Midwest: 55
- South: 210
- West: 9
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 350
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 5
- Mobile homes: 19
Median worth of mobile homes: $85,000
Housing units in Freedom township with a mortgage: 101 (9 second mortgage, 24 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 49
- Construction (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (12%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Freedom township:
- German (39.8%)
- United States or American (12.8%)
- Irish (10.2%)
- English (9.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.7%)
- Scottish (3.1%)
- European (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Colombia (38%)
- Mexico (25%)
- Other Northern Europe (13%)
- Germany (13%)
- Pakistan (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 398 (82%)
- Carpooled: 42 (9%)
- Walked: 8 (2%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 33 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (42%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Wood (15%)
- Utility gas (7%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
96.7% of residents of Freedom township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 844- In family households: 744 (210 male householders, 42 female householders)
219 spouses, 245 children (232 natural, 4 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 3 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 100 (49 male householders (36 living alone)), 31 female householders (23 living alone)), 20 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 117 2-persons, 54 3-persons, 51 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 11 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 59 1-person, 21 2-persons,
163 married couples with children.
18 single-parent households (4 men, 14 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 8.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 42.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |